[00:01.13]Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) Lyrics [00:01.47]Bessie Smith [00:07.41] [00:10.62]Cake walkers may come, cake walkers may go, [00:15.62]but I wanna tell you 'bout a couple I know [00:21.75]High steppin' pair, Debonair [00:27.30]When it comes for bus'ness not a soul can compare [00:32.83]Here they come, look at 'em, demonstratin', [00:38.55]goin' some, ain't they syncopatin'? [00:44.34]Talk of the town, teasin' brown pickin' 'em up and layin' 'em down [00:55.03]Dancin' fools ain't they demonstratin'? [00:59.83]They're a class of their own [01:04.65]Now the only way to win is to cheat 'em, [01:10.67]you may tie 'em but you'll never beat 'em [01:15.89]Strut your stuff [01:20.43]they're the cake walkin' babies from home [01:29.63] [02:16.98]goin' some, ain't they demonstratin'? [02:23.49]Talk of the town, teasin' brown pickin' 'em up and layin' 'em down [02:33.22]Dancin' fools ain't they syncopatin' [02:38.39]They're a class of their own [02:48.03]Now the only way to win is to cheat 'em, [02:54.25]you may tie 'em but you'll never beat 'em [02:59.54]Strut your stuff, strut your stuff, cake walkin' babies from home [03:08.55] [03:09.82]